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Patented Apr 2. 1867 I No 63.576

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CHARLES STODDARD, 0F HANCOCK, NEW Y RK. Letters atent 63,576, datedApril 2,1867.

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'TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES STODDLJimof Hancock, Delaware county,.NewYork have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sleigh-Runners; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription'thereof, which will enable others slcilled in theart tomakeand ties the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification. 7 1

Figure 1 is a side view of,'my improved sleigh-runner.' k

Figure 2 is a. vcrticalcross-section of the same, taken through the lineand fig. 1.

Figure El is :1. vertical cross-section of the same, taken through theline y y, fig. 1.

Similar letters of referenceiindicate correspondingpartsr My inventionhas for its object to so improve the construction of sleigh-runners thatthe shoe may be held firmly and securely in place, even should itbecomebroken'while in use and it consists in forming the runner in two parts,with 'a' dove-tailed. groove formed in and be twe'ehfthem, and'informing the shoe with a central projecting dove-tailed flangefitting-into the dove-tailed'groove in the runner, the whole beingconstructed and arranged as hereinafter more fully described. 7 I i Aand B are the partsof the runner, which are 'made with angularlongitudinal notches or grooves upon their inner sides, which, when thesaid partsA and B: are put --togethe'r, form a do'vo-tailed groove inthe face of the runner, as shown in figs. 2 and 3. G is the shoe, whichis made *with a dove-tailed flange, 0, formed upon the centre of. itsupper side, which fits into the dove-tailed groove formed in the parts Aand B of the runner. The parts A and B of the runner, and the shoe C,are all secured to each other by bolts, D, and nuts, E1

The bolts D-pass through holes in the parts A and'B, and throughholes'or notches in theflange c, as shown in the drawings: The flange 0!need not extend quite to'the rear end of the shoe C, so as to leave aspace for the rear end of, the parts A and B to descend in the rear ofsaid flange in the form of a cap for the purpose of 1 still furthersecuring the said shoe. The shoe) may be made in one piece or insection, as may be desired, but I prefer to make it in one piece, asproducing vless friction in passing over the road,

I claim as new, and desire to. secure by Letters Patent- L Forming thesleigh-rnnner in two parts, A and B, with a dove them, substantially asherein shown and described, and for thepurpose set forth.

2. Forming the shoe 0 with a" central projecting dove-tailed flange, a,substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose setforth.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 31st day ofDecember, 1866.

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